Sandra Cisneros Quotes
The stories are what no one wants to talk about. So you make up a story because no one is going to tell you the truth.
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With a 3D printer, you could build your own car, one part at a time. When you were finished, you'd have an automobile that is extremely lightweight because it is made of plastic, which is good because you'd need to carry it because it is made of plastic.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.
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When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.
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And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.
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In high school and college, I did not have any Christian friends except my best friend Sarah, who I actually 'brought to Jesus.'
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Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
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What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
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Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.
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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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The blockchain does one thing: It replaces third-party trust with mathematical proof that something happened.
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Does 'Shooting Fish' have less artistic merit than a play like 'Angels In America,' which I did? Well, probably. But it's good for something.
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History is laden with belligerent leaders using humanitarian rhetoric to mask geopolitical aims. History also shows how often ill-informed moralism has led to foreign entanglements that do more harm than good.
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Every relationship comes with a shelf life; that duration could be a minute or even a lifetime. If, for whatever reasons, a relationship cannot last a lifetime, contrary to what the two people imagined, then both the individuals have to be communicative and have to understand and accept the reality.
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No one is India.
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I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
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Having to re-recruit, rehire, and retrain, and wait for a new employee to get up to speed is devastating in terms of cost.
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I have feelings that are to the right, and I have feelings that land on the left side of the aisle. The thing is if you have 10 views that land you on the left side of the aisle and two views that land you on the right side of the aisle, then people just put you on the right side of the aisle. I'm not sure why.
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The guilt that accompanies mistakes can be washed away.
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I have a weird and undying love for George Michael. He's the reason why I want to do what I do.
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Women want to be tamed.
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The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.
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The stories are what no one wants to talk about. So you make up a story because no one is going to tell you the truth.
